KATHMANDU, Sept 26: The meeting of the National Assembly has been postponed again by six days. Earlier, the meeting which was scheduled for September 29 has been rescheduled for October 5, according to a notice issued by the Federal Parliament Secretariat.

KATHMANDU, Sept 8: The meeting of the National Assembly which was called for 11AM on September 10 has been postponed until further notice.

Kathmandu, Aug 29: National Assembly Chairperson, Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, has underlined the need of coordination and collaboration at the decision-making level to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

KATHMANDU, Aug 27:  The government has proposed extending the terms of the two commissions related to transitional justice in the National Assembly.

Kathmandu, Aug 17: The 16th Periodic Plan of the government will have a separate chapter to deal with issues concerning the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The National Planning Commission (NPC), which is responsible for preparing the periodic plan, informed this during a meeting of the Sustainable Development and Good Governance Committee of the National Assembly on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Aug 15: The meeting of the National Assembly has been postponed till August 22.

KATHMANDU, Aug 4: Since the House of Representatives and the National Assembly are not effective, budgets worth millions  of rupees have been spent on the salaries and foreign trips of lawmakers since mid-December. The main function of parliament is to monitor the government by forming parliamentary committees that formulate laws. But the chairpersons of the parliamentary committees have not been elected and the bills sent to the committees have been stalled.

KATHMANDU, July 17: The Bill to amend some Nepal Acts related to Civil Code 2080 BS, which was passed by the House of Representatives and received with a message, was tabled in today's meeting of the National Assembly. Assembly Secretary Dr Surendra Aryal tabled the bill.

KATHMANDU, July 14: Messages received from the National Assembly regarding three different bills have been presented in today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, July 14: The meeting of the National Assembly on Friday passed the Finance Bill, 2080 BS.

KATHMANDU, July 14: National Assembly member Devendra Dahal has said that 80 percent of the tax received from tobacco products should be spent on cancer hospitals.

KATHMANDU, July 13: The Government of Nepal is currently engaged in discussions regarding the implementation plan of the Belt and Road Project (BRI) with China. Foreign Minister NP Saud revealed during a session of the National Assembly that discussions are underway between the two countries.

KATHMANDU, July 11: In today's meeting of the National Assembly, nine proposals for cost reduction have been presented.

KATHMANDU, July 10: The meeting of both the houses of the federal parliament is being held today. The meeting of the National Assembly will begin at 11 am, while the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) will begin at 3 pm.

KATHMANDU, July 6: Today's session of the National Assembly was adjourned following obstruction from the CPN-UML. Once the meeting convened, the UML members rose from their seats, gesturing to the protest.

KATHMANDU, July 4: The National Assembly is going to convene today. The meeting will start at 1PM.

KATHMANDU, July 3: The National Assembly has begun deliberations on the Appropriation Bill-2080 BS that was earlier endorsed by the House of Representatives.

KATHMANDU, July 2: Both the houses of the Federal Parliament are about to pass the replacement bill on loan sharking. The replacement bill was made after both houses approved the ordinance introduced by the government regarding loan-sharking. The replacement bill was passed by the National Assembly on Friday.

KATHMANDU, June 29: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and National Assembly Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina held a meeting at the Prime Minister's official residence, Baluwatar, this morning.

GANDAKI, June 21: National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has said the visit to China by a delegation of the Federal Parliament was productive.

KATHMANDU, June 13: The Legislation Management Committee under the National Assembly has approved the draft report on Nepal University Bill, 2079 with amendments.

KATHMANDU, June 9: The general discussion on the annual estimate (budget) of revenue and expenditure for the fiscal year 2023/24 has been completed in the National Assembly.

KATHMANDU, June 9: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat is answering queries concerning the budget in the National Assembly today.

KATHMANDU, June 6: The meeting of the National Assembly (NA) scheduled for 11:11 am today has been rescheduled for tomorrow at the same time.

KATHMANDU, June 4: The next meeting of the National Assembly has been called for Monday afternoon.

KATHMANDU, May 28: Finance Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat presented the Economic Survey of Fiscal Year 2022/23 and the Annual Situation Review of Public Corporations, 2023 in separate meetings of the House of Representatives (HoR) and the National Assembly on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, May 23:  The government's policies and programs for the next fiscal year have been passed by the National Assembly.

KATHMANDU, May 23: The meeting of the National Assembly will be held today as well. Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has an agenda to answer the questions raised on policies and programs in the meeting of the National Assembly today.

KATHMANDU, May 22: The first meeting of the Business Operation Regulations, 2075 Amendment Committee took place during a joint session of the federal parliament at the parliament building in New Baneshwar on Monday.

KATHMANDU, May 21: The National Assembly (NA) has begun deliberations on the government’s policies and programs for the upcoming fiscal year 2023-24.

The upcoming budget for the fiscal year 2023/24 is a topic of great importance and concern for the people of Nepal. With the country facing numerous challenges, it is imperative that the government takes a human-centered approach to development and austerity measures in the new budget, as suggested by several lawmakers in both the National Assembly and the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, May 8: Main opposition party, CPN-UML, in the first meeting of the 14th session of the National Assembly demanded to make public the report of the Commission formed to investigate fake Bhutanese refugee scam.

KATHMANDU, May 4: President Ram Chandra Paudel has called the meeting of both the House of Representatives (HoR) and National Assembly on May 7, Sunday.

KATHMANDU, May 1: National Assembly (NA) Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina left for Cambodia last night for an official visit.

KATHMANDU, April 19: National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina left for Russia today, leading an eight-member parliamentary delegation at the invitation of Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matvienko.  The Federation Council is the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly of Russia.

KATHMANDU, April 18: The meeting of the National Assembly has been adjourned until further notice.

KATHMANDU, April 16: Two bills along with a message from the National Assembly and a proposal seeking consideration have been tabled in the meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) today.

KATHMANDU, April 4: The National Assembly, the upper house of the Federal Parliament, today unanimously endorsed the Public Service Broadcasting Bill, 2077 BS and the Bill Related to Security Printing, 2077 BS.

KATHMANDU,  April 4: Chairman of the National Assembly, Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has asked the lawmakers to keep their cell phones switched off while in parliament.

KATHMANDU, March 22: The National Assembly meeting is being held at the Federal Parliament building at 1 pm today.

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: The National Assembly (NA) has unanimously passed a condolence proposal on the demise of Janata Samajwadi Party lawmaker Shahnaz Rahman.

DANG, Feb 8: Voting for the by-election of a member of the National Assembly has started in Lumbini. Voting has started from 10 am at the staff meeting centre in Ghorahi, Dang.

KATHMANDU, Feb 7: The CPN (Maoist Center) lawmaker Urmila Aryal has been elected unopposed to the post of Vice chairperson of the National Assembly.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: Today's meeting of the National Assembly unanimously passed the 'Monitoring and Evaluation Bill, 2076'. On behalf of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Minister for Communication and Information Technology Rekha Sharma presented a proposal to discuss the bill along with the report of the Legislative Management Committee.

Kathmandu, Feb 6: Urmila Aryal, Member of Parliament of the CPN (Maoist Center), has been  elected unopposed to the post of Vice chairperson of the National Assembly.

KATHMANDU, Feb 6: A meeting of the National Assembly is currently underway. The meeting is expected to announce the election of CPN (Maoist Center) member Urmila Aryal to the post of Vice-chairman of the National Assembly unopposed.

KATHMANDU, Feb 5: Opposition parties including Nepali Congress (NC) are holding a meeting to select the candidate for the post of National Assembly Vice President.

KATHMANDU, Feb 4: The opposition parties will decide on the candidate for the election for the vice chairman of the National Assembly by tomorrow morning.

KATHMANDU, Jan 27: The election to the post of vice chairman of the National Assembly is scheduled for February 6.

KATHMANDU, Jan 24: National Assembly member Indira Devi Gautam has drawn the attention of the government to stop the production and distribution of substandard medicines.